Dormant - Definition

adj 1: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
"dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
[syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]
2: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant
volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active]
3: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip),
sleeping]
4: inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of
affection are dormant but easily awakened" [syn: abeyant,
dormant]